Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Boot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Our Lady's Row
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Castle
- Lendal Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Red Tower
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Wilfrid